I'm not touching Fantasy from now on for a looong time. I've had it with pointy ears and letting my beard grow for 2 months!

You can choose one of the above and explain your choice in a post. Also, I am allowing for multiple choices due to the fact that some movies are between comedy and sci fi...or thriller and adventure...you get the point.

In the poll I will "split" Action/Adventure, just to see which one would you prefer more... Like and action oriented comedy...or an adventure oriented Family Film... bla bla, start voting!

I'd really like to know your opinion. This will not affect the "Ask a Monkeyologist" series or "Sea For Two". Those are just hard to make and take a whole lot of time. Really!

I'd love to see an epic sci-fi comedy drama (or dramedy, if you will) from you. Unless I'm forgetting something, you haven't done much or any sci-fi stuff in the past, and it'd be interesting to see what you could do with the genre. Plus, we already know you're excellent at comedy, so I'd like to see you mix the comedy with some drama as well.

Horror would certainly be interesting, but I've never enjoyed it much, so I can't honestly suggest it.

Obviously, since no one has said family film, you'll need to make this a hard R/NC17 series. However, since you've said Other/Challenge Me, I'm also going to throw this idea out there.

Do a spaghetti western. Seriously. Do a fricking spaghetti western. Maybe even with sci-fi/horror elements, I dunno. There, I've been original. In fact I CHALLENGE you to do this. If you don't do it, you're just a long-haired European male Monkey Island fan who hasn't made a spaghetti western. Truly, a pitiable and dishonorable thing to be.

I'm trying to be both helpful and not helpful at the sametime, but I believe I'm failing at it.

Okay, something actually logical: minimal Green Screen. One thing I hate about 90% of Star Trek fan series (yes I'm lame enough to watch some) is that it's literally just people in front of a green screen. Yes, it's cheap, but if there's one thing Doctor Who taught me it's that every planet can look like Quarrys in England.

Are you planning to make money on this? What's your budget? This is only important because sci-fi needs to have the cool special effects. Otherwise, it's just a guy with antennae stuck on his head, a guy in a monkey suit, and a guy in a vacuum cleaner trying to have the same storyline that they could have had without those props if it weren't a sci-fi series.

When you're planning for it to be a series, that seems to hint "mystery" to me, where the characters start out seeing odd things that just don't seem to make sense, and it slowly starts tying itself together over the course of the episodes, until it finally explodes in the end.

For characters, the ones you want to avoid are the ones you can imagine the audience rooting to die soon. Don't write in anyone extremely stupid, anyone cast just to appeal to 3-year-olds, or anyone generally annoying. In a series, you also have time for character development, so avoid one-dimensional characters. No one is 100% evil, or 100% good.

I'm trying to be both helpful and not helpful at the sametime, but I believe I'm failing at it.

Nah, it's cool! Everybody is helpful as long as you do tell me what you want. I know what you referenced and I can guarantee you that I don't have that type of humor.

Annoying people for laughs is not my thing

Okay, something actually logical: minimal Green Screen.

Check!
On the LOTR Parody, about 85% of the movie is greenscreen. I had my fun with it, but I'd really like to go back to "on location" filming. Moreover, that movie was fantasy, this series will tend to present itself as a real possibility.

One thing I hate about 90% of Star Trek fan series (yes I'm lame enough to watch some) is that it's literally just people in front of a green screen.

That's true, but if you put that aside, the stories are incredible and the characters are so real you feel what they are going through.
Overall, it doesn't really matter if you use greenscreen or not, as long as your main goal is to tell a good story with special/memorable characters.

Tim Burton's Alice had beautiful visuals. The story was crap, way below his level. That movie had about 99% greenscreen shots.

Then you have Nightmare before Christmas made with DOLLS and greenscreen. Isn't that a masterpiece? Well, for me it is. I still humm the songs.

Yes, it's cheap, but if there's one thing Doctor Who taught me it's that every planet can look like Quarrys in England.

Haha, Majus convinced me to watch Doctor Who and I'm glad and grateful he did. I'm up to date now, waiting for season 6.
Even so...Doctor Who "falls" into the other pit...where you have characters and/or monsters with no special effects, just make-up and latex. some of them are really bad, for such a successful show. (For example, the Rhyno-Police).

It really depends on the mood, but I prefer to leave the means on second place, as I'm focusing more on story, feeling, characters and atmosphere.

If I can get you scared by using a purple towel, who cares it's not CG? you got scared, that's the idea.

If I would start any project on this basis, I would end up a nobody or George Lucas. I don't want either.

What's your budget?

I've got a brain. When one has a brain, one needs no budget.
Okay okay, I'm exaggerating a bit... I've got half a brain, so I'd need a bit of a budget here and there.

I've got a camera, I've got a crew, I've got ways to make things that I need. I don't just buy props from eBay, unless extremely necessary.

What I DO need is/are locations! I really want to find the best places around my city to film. I haven't done that in a long time and I miss scouting. Talking to the police, talking to the location's owner...ah, good times

I don't plan a budget, unless I know exactly what I need to film. If I need a guy in a green sweater, I find a friend and I ask him to get a green sweater.

If I need an Alien Costume... that's a bit more difficult. So, to answer your question (finally), I have no planned budget right now.

This is only important because sci-fi needs to have the cool special effects.

I'm good with effects... and it also depends on the effects themselves. I kind of passed that moment in my life where adding color filters to my shots "makes them more interesting!"

Besides, you don't need a budget to add effects in post-production. I already have the necessary equipment should I need physical/technical stuff.

Otherwise, it's just a guy with antennae stuck on his head, a guy in a monkey suit, and a guy in a vacuum cleaner trying to have the same storyline that they could have had without those props if it weren't a sci-fi series.

Well, let's hope I don't go for THAT story! Haha! I know what you mean and I appreciate the concern.
...but I bet I can make those guys you described look really cool if I use some of my tricks

However, I'd still rather go with paranormal stuff.

When you're planning for it to be a series, that seems to hint "mystery" to me, where the characters start out seeing odd things that just don't seem to make sense, and it slowly starts tying itself together over the course of the episodes, until it finally explodes in the end.

Yes, that would be the modern typical recipe, wouldn't it?
Hm, I think I can come up with something better and less predictable.

For characters, the ones you want to avoid are the ones you can imagine the audience rooting to die soon.

Hmm, I understand what you mean... but taking it a little further, a "hated" character has a LOT of potential. It all depends on how you use him.

I'm not against sci-fi or anything like that personally. Between shiny or decaying..hmm..that's a tough call. Whatever suits you best, although I really lean toward decaying if I had to pick one, although if you go the supernatural/paranormal route that might be a bit cliche too. I'm not really sure.

Make a series that inspires people to become Nihilsts, Like just like Twin Peaks or if you're looking for an example in the world of cinema, Memento.
Or, if the word nihilism is taboo for you too discuss or even look at just like it is for the people who stopped responding to this thread, then create a dark-humour psychological horror series ... like ... Blinky™

Make a series that inspires people to become Nihilsts, Like just like Twin Peaks or if you're looking for an example in the world of cinema, Memento.

Hm, I'd rather help people feel more, than make them....like you said. Seeing no purpose in life (however metaphorically you take it) is kind of... depressing.
I can make depressing thoughts fun but not like this.

Or, if the word nihilism is taboo for you too discuss or even look at

Why would it be? o.O

just like it is for the people who stopped responding to said thread, then create a dark-humour psychological horror series ... like Blinky

Saw the trailer on youtube, vimeo kept asking for my password.
Hm, intriguing, but done a bijillion times before. That is "classical horror"... I think I can do better than that.

Okay, so nobody was very intrigued by my last question... except for SF (Secret Fawful, not Sci Fi ). How about this one:

Can you give me an example of clothing combination, that would suit a female protagonist or a male protagonist, which looks "cool", "atypical" but "socially acceptable"?

Now THAT's something I keep thinking of since yesterday... can't get my head around it. It's almost impossible since everybody wore everything at one point! I just need to combine the elements of clothing in a cool way.

Could you, please, give me an example? I never met this cliche, unless you are refering to a decaying post-apocalyptic world. I'm not aiming for that.

No, decay in horror is widely used. Decaying houses, decaying facilities, etc. are pretty common. If you look at Silent Hill for instance, whenever the town changes and becomes more nightmarish, it turns into a more decayed version of itself. Decay can add a lot to terror and fear, as it can look very unpleasant. Lovecraftian horror as well uses decay a lot, such as a decaying person or the decaying old port town of Innsmouth. Decay and the supernatural go together like peanut butter and jelly.

Can you give me an example of clothing combination, that would suit a female protagonist or a male protagonist, which looks "cool", "atypical" but "socially acceptable"?

Depends on the era and the character. If it's modern - leather clothing looks great on men and women. I also like Alcore's suggestion of trenchcoats. That or dusters, which can even make the wearer seem sort of eerie or distant - an effect used in Once Upon A Time in the West. Having a character wear them outside of a western setting would be rather unique as well.

Doesn't the Doctor wear a trenchcoat/duster for 3 seasons? I don't want people to think that I'm trying to copy Doctor Who in any way...hm... Will get back with a longer response soon. Go on, go on! I'm already looking for color-matches and stuff.